School Boys

The sixth annual ESB Electric Ireland Irish Hockey Awards night saw Lisnagarvey take home the main prize as they were named Club of the Year in front of a who’s who of the sport in the Burlington Hotel

St Andrew’s U-14s completed the treble as they claimed the revamped John Wating All-Ireland Schoolboys Championships in Lisnagarvey on goal difference from Sutton Park to go with their Leinster league and cup double

Plenty of league finals this week with the North Dublin schoolgirl’s leagues coming to a conclusion with Mount Temple to the fore while St Killians reached their first ever ‘A’ league final at U-13 level

The nominations are in and now it is your chance to have a say in who wins the first Hook Awards as the public vote for Umpire, Coach and Senior men’s and women’s player of the year went live this morning.

Jack Spain’s strike two minutes from time handed Sutton Park their first ever senior schoolboy’s hockey title as they claimed the Senior Trophy in dramatic fashion at Belfield, besting St Columba’s 3-2.

Wesley won back the Junior Cup after a brief hiatus, claiming their third crown in four years at this level with a comprehensive display over Kilkenny who competed early on before the Ballinteer school’s quality came to bear

The first series of Leinster Schoolboy cup finals will take place on Wednesday with the Senior Trophy seeing St Columba’s and Sutton Park battling it out for the title, now in its second year; the junior and U-13 finals will also be contested

Harry Spain’s corner double handed Sutton Park a place in the final of the Leinster Schoolboy’s Senior Trophy final, ending High School’s interest in the competition and will meet St Columba’s in the final

Wesley’s juniors produced a big performance from a tie littered with talking points as they beat St Andrew’s in the first round of the cup. Plenty of league and cup games were played this week, too, with all results included.

School’s hockey returned for the new year with plenty of fixtures for the boy’s and girl’s; Alex and Mount Anville tied to bring Section B of the Premier League to the wire while St Columba’s boys were U-13 cup round two winners

Following a delayed announcement due to a number of injury concerns, the Leinster U-18 squad was released today for the upcoming interprovincials which are set to be played in Newpark from Friday, November 19 to 21.

Josh Moffett’s classy hat-trick led Banbridge Academy to the All-Ireland Schoolboy’s hockey championship title in Ballinteer, bringing the Tasmanian shield back to Co Down for the first time since 2006.